A HOLYHEAD dad is set to make history this week when his wife gives birth to Siamese twins.

Aled Williams’ wife, Laura, is only 18 years old and will be the youngest mother of conjoined twins in the world.

The couple are determined to face the risks head on and will call their daughters, who will be delivered by caesarian section this week, Faith and Hope.

Only about 5% of conjoined twins survive the first 24 hours, but because the Williams twins are joined at the front, doctors say the chances are good in this case. The baby girls are joined from the breastbone to the top of the navel and have separate hearts.

The teenager, from Shrewsbury, is being cared for at Birmingham Women’s Hospital but will be transferred to London for the procedure.

Binman Aled, 28, is a former car valet and the son of an evangelical preacher from the Holyhead area, but moved to Shrewsbury after meeting Laura.

He told a Sunday newspaper: “There are lots of different twins with lots of different joins and we realised that there are some that can survive. Once we realised this, we thought, ‘We’re not going to go down without a fight’.

“I was brought up in a religious family and Laura’s mum is religious. Everyone has a different view and a different choice to make, but ours was not to abort.”